By CBS3 Staff
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An iconic ice cream shop is closing its doors for good. Big Gay Ice Cream at 13th and South Streets announced it will not reopen.
The store’s other location, in New York, will also close permanently.
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The Philadelphia location opened in 2015, but its owners say COVID-19 closures have made it too difficult to sustain operations.
They hope to open in another location sometime in the future.
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